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    Weird issue with Star Wars over HDMI (XPS 15 9550)

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by Lundon44, Jan 17, 2016.

  1. Lundon44

    Lundon44 Notebook Consultant

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    Not sure how many SW: Battlefront players are here but while playing this game over HDMI to my TV the game cuts out entirely ONLY when I'm killed. Literally the second I die the screen goes black on the TV, picture and audio revert back to the XPS for a second at most then everything resumes back on the TV again. It's actually quite jarring when playing not to mention irritating. I suspected a crappy HDMI cable but found all results were the same when trying others.

    The TV itself isn't that awesome as it's a basic 720p TV I use in the bedroom so I feel like it's either the TV or something is up with the game itself. Haven't tried other games over HDMI to test but wondering if anyone else has experienced this.
     
    Lundon44, Jan 17, 2016
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  2. kent1146

    kent1146 Notebook Prophet

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    Have you tried the usual? Updating drivers (both nvidia and Intel), trying different hdmi port, trying different HDTV, trying different interface method to your 720p HDTV (such as vga, if supported)?

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    kent1146, Jan 17, 2016
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    Try the obvious 1st, a new HDMI cable.
     
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    He tried different hdmi cable. It was in his post.

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    Latest Intel driver and Nvidia drivers installed so didn't want to roll back. Yes I did try a couple HDMI cables with nothing changing. Guess I can try another TV.
     
    Lundon44, Jan 18, 2016
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